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A Whitbread Award-winning novelist tells a chilling dystopian tale about a heroic girl prepared to risk everything in the pursuit of justice. In the not-too-distant future, the world is safe from terrorists, the streets are clean, and girls labeled "juvies" or "mindcrips" have been hidden away behind the smartly painted exterior of the City Community Faith School. Their birth names are forgotten and replaced... (more)

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

by Kerry Patterson

An INFLUENCER motivates others to change. An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills. An INFLUENCER makes things happen. This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER. Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen... (more)

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need

The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You'll Ever Need

by Daniel H. Pink, Rob Ten Pas

"From a New York Times, BusinessWeek, and Washington Post bestselling author comes a first-of-its- kind career guide for a new generation of job seekers.There's never been a career guide like it.the fully illustrated story (ingeniously told in Manga form) of a young Everyman just out of college who lands his first job. Johnny Bunko is new to parachute company Boggs Corp., and he stumbles through his early... (more)

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures

by Dan Roam

A bold new way to tackle tough business problems?even if you draw like a second grader When Herb Kelleher was brainstorming about how to beat the traditional hub-and- spoke airlines, he grabbed a bar napkin and a pen. Three dots to represent Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Three arrows to show direct flights. Problem solved, and the picture made it easy to sell Southwest Airlines to investors and customers. ... (more)

To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension

To Understand: New Horizons in Reading Comprehension

by Ellin Oliver Keene

SPECIAL OFFER! Discounted rates are now available for Ellin Oliver Keenes Multiday Institute on June 30 - July 1 in Albuquerque, New Mexico! Call 800.541.2086, ext. 1151 for details. A Study Guide is available for this title. Click here to download. To download some helpful suggestions for book study groups, click here. “This is a work of incredible scope: adventurous, ingratiating, challenging, genuinely... (more)

Visual Tools For Differentiating Reading And Writing Instruction

Visual Tools For Differentiating Reading And Writing Instruction

by Roger Essley

Students who once refused to write out of frustration now eagerly begin each writing assignment making quick sketches and jotting keywords on a storyboard. They then use this tool to compose stories that use sequence, humor, and dialogue. ?? Helps students at all levels make giant strides in composing stories and revising them, taking notes on difficult text, remembering and retelling complex stories, and... (more)

Darkest Powers: Book 2

The Awakening (Darkest Powers)

by Kelley Armstrong

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl—someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I'm as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment—not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a sinister organization called the Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters, I'm a teenage necromancer whose powers are out of... (more)

Lessons in Comprehension: Explicit Instruction in the Reading Workshop

Lessons in Comprehension: Explicit Instruction in the Reading Workshop

by Frank Serafini

Plumbing his file drawers for 64 of the most effective comprehension minilessons from his distinguished teaching career, Serafini has created a teaching treasure trove that contains nearly a year's worth of comprehension instruction plus an extensive list of children's literature that he has successfully woven into his own reading workshop. Lessons in Comprehension introduces and reinforces meaning-making... (more)

The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades

The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades

by Gail Boushey

Do you love teaching but feel exhausted from the energy you expend cajoling, disciplining, and directing students on a daily basis? If so, you'll want to meet “The Sisters”, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser. Based on literacy learning and motivation research, they created a structure called The Daily Five which has been practiced and refined in their own classrooms for ten years, and shared with thousands of teachers... (more)

Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas With Guiding Questions (Theory and Practice)

Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas With Guiding Questions (Theory and Practice)

by Jeffrey D. Wilhelm

What makes a good relationship? How does flight influence behavior for humans and birds? Is it ever permissible to lie? Reframing our units and lessons with questions such as these makes learning more exciting for students. Wilhelm debunks the myth that teaching through inquiry is hard. He shares practical, easy ideas for turning state standards into engaging authentic questions that propel students toward deep... (more)

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Fearless

by Tim Lott